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CVE-2007-3833

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) protocol handler in Cerulean Studios Trillian allows remote attackers to create files with arbitrary contents via certain aim: URIs, as demonstrated by a URI that begins with the "aim: &c:\" substring and contains a full pathname in the ini field. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected products

• Cerulean Studios Trillian: 3.1.6.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/26086
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24927
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2546
• http://www.xs-sniper.com/nmcfeters/Cross-App-Scripting-2.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35449
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26086
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24927
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2546
• http://www.xs-sniper.com/nmcfeters/Cross-App-Scripting-2.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35449

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